Florida executes convict in 2008 rape, killing of woman, whose final call sparked 911 reforms

Florida executed a man Tuesday evening for the brutal 2008 rape and murder of a married mother of two young sons who called 911 and begged for help while tied up in her car after she was abducted.

Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, authorities said. He was sentenced to death for first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping for the January 2008 killing of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee.

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